It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.